WoodwoodHardwood
Birch (Yellow Birch)
Dense hardwood, widely used in plywood and cabinetry. Yellow birch is harder and heavier than paper birch, and is often substituted for maple where the surface is not the point.
Properties
- Family
- Wood
- Category
- wood
- Species
- Betula alleghaniensis
- Density
- 0.69 g/cm³ · 690 kg/m³
Applicationswhere birch (yellow birch) is normally specified
PlywoodCabinetryFurnitureInterior joinery
Practical notes
- Density is for air-dried stock at about 12% moisture content
- Yellow birch is the dense species; paper birch is much lighter